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Rathite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Weight: 
20.00gr
Description

Specimen of black rathite crystals on matrix from its type locality.  Associated with realgar and other sulphide species.  See hutchinsonite, rathite specimen from the same locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rathite

Formula: 
Pb8Pb4-x(Tl2As2)x(Ag2As2)As16S40
Strunz: 
2.HC.05d
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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